Hi there
My little one is 12 months and has, for the last few months, been napping really well. The problem we are now having (both at home and in his nursery setting) is that his naps are pushing out later and later and it's as though we don't have enough hours in the day for the two naps.
Our nursery want to transition him to one nap as they have been struggling to settle him for his afternoon nap. My concern with the nursery setting is that he'll have a short nap (he is woken easily and often does short naps) and come 5pm when I collect him, he'll be needing a late nap or very early bedtime and will miss his dinner.
At home, we currently have this routine:
AM Nap - Around 10.00, which I'm waking him at 11.15 (he always used to go down at 9.30 and would sleep for until 11.15)
PM Nap - Around 15.00, which I'm waking him at 16.00
Bedtime routine starts at 18.30, but he's now not falling asleep until around 19.15.
I think both naps are now too early, especially the afternoon nap which is becoming increasingly difficult to settle him. He doesn't show any signs of being tired so I'm just winging it that he's ready to have a nap, I think there is definitely extra awake time to be had. Even at bedtime, he's just lying in his cot awake.
He usually wakes in the morning at around 6.15 but he often falls back to sleep and we end up waking him at 7am to get him ready for nursery.
Do you think he's anywhere near ready for 1 nap? I'm concerned as to how this will affect his bedtime and morning wake up.
Thanks in advance!
